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To: Doren who wrote (168436)	4/14/2014 6:16:26 PM
From: pyslent	1 Recommendation Recommended By HerbVic Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

For most people a computer and a phone are a must... you have to have them. For one thing to sync your itunes etc. Computers and smart phones save you money. Agree for the most part. I often say that between my phone, personal PC, and iPad, I use my ipad the most by far. But it's also the first device I would give up if I needed to give one up. It's a definite luxury item. The corollary to this is that a second PC is also a luxury. Where my family once had 3 laptops in additional to a media server desktop, we are now down to one barely-used computer and 3 iPads. This is the future as I see it. One PC per household, replaced every 6 years. In its heyday, the consumer PC market was selling 200m units a year. It's come down to 100m units a year now and probably has another 50m a year to drop. Enterprise is another story, of course.

To: Doren who wrote (168436)	4/14/2014 7:13:53 PM
From: Road Walker	1 Recommendation Recommended By HerbVic Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

For most people a computer and a phone are a must... you have to have them. For one thing to sync your itunes etc. Computers and smart phones save you money. Why is a computer "a must" for "most people"? If I weren't shooting 20+ mb photos I wouldn't have one. They're a pain to use. Don't need it for iTunes, syncs on the cloud. iPad does everything "most people" want or need. Smart phones cost you money, not save you money. They're ridiculous 12 x $80 a year. Smart? A dumb phone and an iPad is more than "most people" need. We're not talking about what they want, but what they need. (Doren, I've listened to you complain about problems with your Macs for years, and you're a tech wizard compared to "most people". "Most people" don't need the hassle of a computer).